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3 million a piece. Not bad. Hope they can negotiate those pesky closing costs down!

At 6%, that's six million in commission!

I use this quote often while explaining the greatness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Teen_Hunger_Force I had to look it up...

I'm just pissed at the tech at this point. Not twc

They all weigh more than a 10lb bag of gold

These stories all seem pretty similar. Lightning is so very fascinating. A quick update. 2 houses down got their power affected. Looks like it took out half the housewares electric. Possibly one of the two 100amp mains? I don't really know though. Another neighbor lost a $600 speaker amp outside. None of us have cable. A big FU to the time Warner tech who called but hung up before I got my phone out of my pocket. And a double FU for not leaving a message or returning my call. After its all fixed, I will be persistsant about getting a credit or at least an admission of guilt. No Internet or and tv sucks balls. No wonder the unabomber did what he did.

Ohio is one very, very backwards state. My wife grew up outside of Youngstown. It is truly America's armpit

Power is buried. There's nothing on the house but it's obviously grounded where it enters the neighborhood. Upon further inspection, the lightning struck the manhole cover outside in the cul de sac and must have traveled through the data lines in the neighborhood. Somehow it didn't travel the power lines. The satellite dish seems like collateral damage as there are coax lines running from dish to the wall parallel and in close proximity to the phone lines.

Statistically speaking, it has a weight of 10 lbs within a statistical confidence level. In real words, your bag weighs very close to 10 lbs. if you have a million bags of 10 lb potatoes, you can be at least 95% sure that they weigh within one standard deviation of the 10lb mean. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student's_t-test

This is actually the 2nd near miss on my house. Te first one, somehow the arc did absolutely no damage except for completely melting a gigabit switch that I had behind a ups. Only thing damaged.

I know. I was pissed yesterday about not having tv and internet. Today I'm thankful for my roof

So I'm taking a nap yesterday when it starts to storm. The lightning was close, but I didn't think it was THAT close. All of the sudden, I just feel something funny. I can't describe it. It was just a quick, weird sensation. Then the whole house just goes white and I hear the crack, but no thunder. My wife was in the other room and she said she saw white too and waves of light around her and on the ceiling of the 2 nd floor. I jump out of bed and run downstairs, then upstairs again. After a very quick check, I realize that there's no hole in the roof, no fire from outlets, and our large electrical devices like stove and heat pumps all have power. No twc, no directv. Dish is mounted on the opposite side of house as cable/phone junctions. On the dish, the outside SWM unit is melted. Cable going into house looks fine, but 6 inches to the left is a different story. The whole gray phone box thing is blown up. Literally melted plastic and shards of plastic from exploding out. Luckily we don't have phone service here, but it may have traveled in causing the arc that my wife saw. We have no tv or Internet (sans this iPhone connection) but I'd have to say we really REALLY dodged a bullet. House is fine. Major appliances are fine. Sensitive tv/computer equipment is fine, and most importantly we are fine. I know there's a near death experience thread already. This wasn't so much near death as it was just being lucky, but I thought I'd share. Any other lightning experiences out there??

Couldn't. Stop. Watching.

Holy hurdles.

I loved legos, robotix, and lincoln logs too. I was also know to build some pretty sweet stuff with Construx. mission accomplished!

I'm pretty sure that the statement "there's deers in my back yard" is outside the scope of the standard issue NFL PR handbook.

Also, buzzkill on the auto transmission! Gotta get the stick shift in that car! I do like the custom engine work though. A much better investment than the stupid rims + stereo system that we normally see.

I agree. Hopefully she'll win out big time in court and won't be bound to a confidentiality agreement so that she can tell her side of the story. I'd love to hear from the former Mrs. Tiger Woods, since there's a reason or two why she's getting million$ to keep her mouth shut.

And may God have mercy upon your soul.

Thanks man. Also, to toot my own horn, it's good that I owned up to being wrong! It rarely happens on message boards

You are correct. I stand corrected

Point of clarification: games moved ahead 10 minutes

iFixit is a great website for mac repairs. Check out this link. http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/61055/My+iPhone+got+wet! In summary, if you want to tackle the problem yourself, take it apart, and start with changing the battery. Good luck!